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Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE Distinguished University Professor and Marrell Endowed Chair Department of Community and Family Health College of Public Health University of South Florida rkirby@health.usf.edu Russell S. Kirby, PhD, MS, FACE is the Distinguished University Professor and Marrell Endowed Chair, Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida. Dr. Kirby is a perinatal/pediatric epidemiologist trained in the social sciences, with a PhD in human geography and MS in preventive medicine-epidemiology. His research interests focus in three major areas: 1) studies examining the public health implications of health policies and programs, with special reference to perinatal and maternal/child health; 2) population health informatics, focusing on database design, record linkage, quality of databases and data elements in existing population-based information systems, and the role of geographic information systems; and 3) collaborative research in the fields of genetics, birth defects, and developmental disabilities, clinical research, study design and analysis. |
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Michael Kramer, PhD, MMSc Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University mkram02@emory.edu Michael Kramer, PhD., is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, where he teaches maternal and child health epidemiology and methods in social epidemiology. His research interests are largely centered at the intersection of perinatal and early childhood outcomes, social determinants of health, and spatial analysis, including work on residential economic and racial segregation and preterm birth, and neighborhood deprivation and early academic readiness. |
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Thomas J. Stopka, PhD, MHS Assistant Professor Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Thomas.Stopka@tufts.edu Thomas J. Stopka, PhD, MHS, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Stopka’s research interests are in the area of infectious disease epidemiology and prevention, nutrition epidemiology, spatial epidemiology, health disparities, and global health. Much of his health disparities research has focused on the clustering of disease risk behaviors and outcomes, and access to public health, nutrition and disease prevention services. He has used qualitative, participatory, biostatistical, and geospatial research methods to contribute to studies and public health initiatives in the U.S., Latin America, and Africa. |
